grouper noun. ['gru:pǝ] See also GROPER noun². E17.
[Portuguese garoupa, prob. from a S. Amer. name. For the alt. of form cf. BREAKER noun².]
1. Any of numerous large marine serranid fishes of warm and tropical seas; esp. any of those of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca. Cf. GROPER noun² 1. E17.

2. Locally, any of various large marine fishes; esp. (a) the Californian rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis; (b) the triple-tail, Lobotes surinamensis. L19.

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